Announcing the 2025 GBOMA Finalists
We are excited to announce the 2025 finalists for the Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards (GBOMA), selected by guest judge Dan “Sully” Sullivan: Barbara BarrowsChirskira CaillouetMars April CaultonSylvia EwingLisa FarverRocio […]
GBOMA 2025
Come out and support the 2025 finalists for the Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards (GBOMA) as they perform their works live. 10/7, Epiphany Center for the Arts, 6:30 PM. $15/advance, $20/door.
Submissions Now Open for the 2025 Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards (GBOMA)
We’re excited to announce that submissions are now open for the 2025 Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards (GBOMA)! This annual poetry competition celebrates the legacy of Illinois’ former Poet Laureate, […]
BrooksDay 2025: Living Legacy – Tradition Meets Tomorrow
Join us for an unforgettable celebration on Saturday, June 7, 2025, at 2pm as we honor the incredible legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks and the generations of Black female poets who […]
GBOMA 30th Anniversary Celebration
The Guild Complex will celebrate thirty years of the Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards (GBOMA), with performances from past winners along with a special celebration of the 75th anniversary of […]
Printers Row Lit Fest | Annie Allen — Now: A Conversation
As its 75th anniversary approaches, Nora Brooks Blakely (Brooks Permissions) and Reginald Gibbons (Northwestern University) discuss the modern relevance and contemporary ideas from Gwendolyn Brooks’ Pulitzer Prize-wining book Annie Allen. […]
BrooksDay 2023
June 7, 2023 marked the 10th anniversary of BrooksDay, the Guild Literary Complex’s annual celebration of Gwendolyn Brooks. This year, we joined forces with the Poetry Foundation to additionally celebrate […]
PARTNER SPOTLIGHT: One Poem, One Chicago
June 2023 One Poem, One Chicago, an opportunity to engage Chicagoans in poetry and foster a sense of community through reading, will launch with a reissue of Gwendolyn Brooks’s landmark […]
Brooks In Translation | Wednesday, October 18, 2017
Brooks In Translation | Wednesday, October 18, 2017 Come for a night of bilingual Brooks with poetry, music, conversation, and more! Join the Guild Literary Complex in partnership with Our […]
GBOMA Submissions are OPEN! Deadline extended to Sept 10th –get moving folks
Exciting Announcement 24th Annual Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards 2017 SUBMISSIONS Extended to Sunday, September 10th at 11:59 PM! The Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Award competition is open to Illinois […]
BrooksDay@Nite Photos are here. Check them out!
BrooksDay@Nite was a spectacular event held on June 7th celebrating the centennial Birthday of Gwendolyn Brooks on her actually 100th birthday, with one hundred one-minute performances, reception, and more. Presenters […]
23rd Annual Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards, Finalists Announced
23rd Annual Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards Winner is … Nicole Bond! Congratulations to Nicole and all of our Semi-Finalists. Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards were held on Tuesday September […]
4th Annual BrooksDay is Here! Join us June 7th, Chicago Cultural Center
Tuesday, June 7, 2016, Time: 10:00 am until 6:00 pm Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E Washington St., Chicago, IL 60602. Join us for the fourth annual BrooksDay, celebrating the works […]
4th Annual BrooksDay, June 7 2016
Welcome to the 4th Annual BrooksDay, a day long celebration of Gwendolyn Brooks Tuesday, June 7, 2016, Time: 10:00 am until 6:00 pm Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E Washington St., […]